WEBVTT WHAT YOU LEARNED? -- WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED? AMANDA: IT IS FOR THE SHOOTINGSTARTED, AND THERE HAS BEEN ALOT OF ACTIVITY.AN OFFICER CAME OUT BY HIMSELFTO CLEAN THE STREET WHERE HISFELLOW OFFICERS WERE SHOT.YOU CAN SEE MEMORIAL IS GROWING.IT HAS TURNED INTO A PLACE TOREMEMBER THESE MEN.AS STARTED OUT AS A VERY ROUTINECALL -- THIS STARTED OUT AS AVERY ROUTINE CALL, AND ENDED INA TRAGEDY THAT'S SHAKEN THECOMMUNITY.>> SAYING THAT I AM SO VERYPROUD OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OFTHE KISSIMMEE POLICE DEPARTMENT,BOTH SWORN AND CIVILIAN STAFF,HAVING COME THROUGH THEANNIVERSARY WE EXPERIENCED LASTNIGHT AND COME TOGETHER AS AFAMILY.AMANDA: HOURS AFTER TWOKISSIMMEE POLICE OFFICERS WEREKILLED, CANDLES BURN IN THEIRHONOR AT THE PLACE WHERE THE MENWERE SHOT.OFFICER MATTHEW BAXTER ANDSERGEANT SAM HOWARD DIEDPROTECTING THEIR COMMUNITY, THECHIEF SAYS.FRIDAY NIGHT THEY RESPONDED TOCYPRESS AND PALMWAY STREETS TOINVESTIGATE SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITYAROUND 9:30.>> THEY'RE TWO WONDERFUL MEN,FAMILY MEN.THEY ARE TWO THAT ARE COMMITTEDTO DOING IT THE RIGHT WAY.OBVIOUSLY THEY WERE IN AN AREAKNOWN FOR DRUG SALES, SO THEYWERE TAKING ENFORCEMENT ACTION,BEING PROACTIVE.AMANDA: CHIEF JEFF O'DELL SAYSTHERE WAS A SCUFFLE, AND THAT'SWHEN MARINE VETERAN EVERETTGLENN MILLER SHOT THE OFFICERS.INVESTIGATORS SAY THE SUSPECTFLED TO A NEARBY BAR. THE RESPONSE FROM LAWENFORCEMENT WAS OVERWHELMING.>> EVERYONE CAME TO THE SCENEWITHOUT BEING ASKED AND POUREDTHEIR RESOURCES INTO THISINVESTIGATION.AMANDA: MILLER WAS ARRESTED BYOSCEOLA COUNTY DEPUTIES. WHILE THE INVESTIGATIONCONTINUES, THE COMMUNITY ISUNITING IN SUPPORT OF THE FALLENOFFICERS.MEN, WOMEN, AND FAMILIESCONTINUE TO COME OUT HERE ANDLIKE FAMILIES -- LIGHT CANDLES.I HAVE ALSO SEEN OFFICERSDRIVING BY, PATROLLING THE AREA.

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Prayers are pouring in for police departments across the country after a violent Friday night saw six police officers shot in shootings in Florida and Pennsylvania.2 officers shot in Kissimmee, FloridaTwo Kissimmee police officers who were shot while checking on reports of suspicious people Friday night have died.Authorities say they are looking for a person of interest as they proceed in their investigation into the fatal shootings.The Kissimmee Police Department said Sunday in a news release that detectives are hoping to question Maribel Gonzales King.Detectives emphasize that she is not a suspect, but they say she was known to frequent the neighborhood where the police officers were shot Friday night.They are seeking the public's help in locating her.Sgt. Sam Howard died Saturday, and Officer Matthew Baxter died Friday night following the shooting in a neighborhood in Kissimmee, a city located south of Orlando, Florida.Everett Miller was arrested and faces a charge of first-degree murder.Kissimmee Police Chief Jeff O'Dell said that Sgt. Sam Howard and officer Matthew Baxter were in an area of Kissimmee known for drug activity when they were shot. They did not have an opportunity to return fire.O'Dell said Baxter, a three-year veteran of the department, died later in a hospital and Howard, a 10-year-veteran, was gravely injured. Police later said on Saturday that Howard had died.Everett Milller is accused of shooting and killing Baxter and Howard. He will be transferred to the Osceola County Jail Saturday in Baxter’s handcuffs, O’Dell said.Miller was arrested around 11:30 p.m. at Roscoe's Bar on Orange Blossom Trail, in Kissimmee, police said. Police said no other arrests are expected.Florida Gov. Rick Scott later announced he was reassigning the homicide cases that relate to the two officers away from State Attorney Aramis Ayala, who previously said she has no plans to seek the death penalty in cases but acknowledged she could reconsider in the future.Ayala previously said the death penalty is not a deterrent and it drags on for years for the victims' relatives.Scott has clashed with Ayala over the issue and has also sought to reassign more than 20 other first-degree cases away from her to another state attorney.Kissimmee police said it has been 25 years since an officer died in the line of duty. Sgt. Douglas Odell Parsons died on April 27, 1993 of a heart attack and Patrolman Thomas Alan Bartholomew was shot and killed July 18, 1983."We will mourn over the next few days," O'Dell said. "We will get through this, and we love them for what they do ... We've got to come together as a nation and get our community involved."President Donald Trump expressed his condolences to the officers, tweeting that his thoughts and prayers are with their loved ones. 2 officers shot in Jacksonville, FloridaNearly 165 miles north of Kissimmee in Jacksonville, two other police officers were shot on the city’s West Side. Police say the shooting happened around 11 p.m. Friday.The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office says they were dispatched on an attempted suicide call. As officers approached the scene, gunfire could be heard from inside the home, at which point authorities decided to enter the residence.The Sheriff's Office says the suspect, armed with a high powered rifle, then shot through the home's front door toward police, injuring one officer in both hands and another in the stomach. Officers exchanged gunfire and struck the suspect.The two officers and the suspect were then transported to the hospital for treatment. The unidentified suspect was later pronounced deceased. Both officers are in stable condition, news outlets later reported.2 Pennsylvania troopers shotMeanwhile in Fairchance, Pa., about 50 miles south of Pittsburgh, two state troopers were shot and hospitalized.According to officials, the troopers were pursuing an ongoing burglary investigation. Clarence Belsar, 26, of Fairchance, was trying to sell a PlayStation console on Facebook which police believe was stolen during a recent burglary.The state troopers approached Belsar, but he began walking away from them after ignoring commands to stop. The troopers physically tried to restrain him, and a struggle ensued as they attempted to place him under arrest.Officials said the investigation currently shows that one gunshot was fired by Belsar during the struggle. The gunshot hit both troopers.Belsar was pronounced dead at the scene and died as a result of sustaining multiple gunshot wounds, which officials said were fired by troopers.WESH-TV, WTAE-TV and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

KISSIMMEE, Fla. —

Prayers are pouring in for police departments across the country after a violent Friday night saw six police officers shot in shootings in Florida and Pennsylvania.

2 officers shot in Kissimmee, Florida

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Two Kissimmee police officers who were shot while checking on reports of suspicious people Friday night have died.

Authorities say they are looking for a person of interest as they proceed in their investigation into the fatal shootings.

The Kissimmee Police Department said Sunday in a news release that detectives are hoping to question Maribel Gonzales King.

Detectives emphasize that she is not a suspect, but they say she was known to frequent the neighborhood where the police officers were shot Friday night.

They are seeking the public's help in locating her.

Sgt. Sam Howard died Saturday, and Officer Matthew Baxter died Friday night following the shooting in a neighborhood in Kissimmee, a city located south of Orlando, Florida.Everett Miller was arrested and faces a charge of first-degree murder.

Kissimmee Police Chief Jeff O'Dell said that Sgt. Sam Howard and officer Matthew Baxter were in an area of Kissimmee known for drug activity when they were shot. They did not have an opportunity to return fire.

O'Dell said Baxter, a three-year veteran of the department, died later in a hospital and Howard, a 10-year-veteran, was gravely injured. Police later said on Saturday that Howard had died.

Everett Milller is accused of shooting and killing Baxter and Howard. He will be transferred to the Osceola County Jail Saturday in Baxter’s handcuffs, O’Dell said.

Kissimmee Police Department via CNN

Miller was arrested around 11:30 p.m. at Roscoe's Bar on Orange Blossom Trail, in Kissimmee, police said. Police said no other arrests are expected.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott later announced he was reassigning the homicide cases that relate to the two officers away from State Attorney Aramis Ayala, who previously said she has no plans to seek the death penalty in cases but acknowledged she could reconsider in the future.

Ayala previously said the death penalty is not a deterrent and it drags on for years for the victims' relatives.

Scott has clashed with Ayala over the issue and has also sought to reassign more than 20 other first-degree cases away from her to another state attorney.

Kissimmee police said it has been 25 years since an officer died in the line of duty. Sgt. Douglas Odell Parsons died on April 27, 1993 of a heart attack and Patrolman Thomas Alan Bartholomew was shot and killed July 18, 1983.

"We will mourn over the next few days," O'Dell said. "We will get through this, and we love them for what they do ... We've got to come together as a nation and get our community involved."

We will mourn over the next few days... we will get through this and we love them for what they do ~Chief O'Dell

Nearly 165 miles north of Kissimmee in Jacksonville, two other police officers were shot on the city’s West Side. Police say the shooting happened around 11 p.m. Friday.

The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office says they were dispatched on an attempted suicide call. As officers approached the scene, gunfire could be heard from inside the home, at which point authorities decided to enter the residence.

The Sheriff's Office says the suspect, armed with a high powered rifle, then shot through the home's front door toward police, injuring one officer in both hands and another in the stomach. Officers exchanged gunfire and struck the suspect.

The two officers and the suspect were then transported to the hospital for treatment. The unidentified suspect was later pronounced deceased.

Both officers are in stable condition, news outlets later reported.

2 Pennsylvania troopers shot

Meanwhile in Fairchance, Pa., about 50 miles south of Pittsburgh, two state troopers were shot and hospitalized.

According to officials, the troopers were pursuing an ongoing burglary investigation. Clarence Belsar, 26, of Fairchance, was trying to sell a PlayStation console on Facebook which police believe was stolen during a recent burglary.

The state troopers approached Belsar, but he began walking away from them after ignoring commands to stop. The troopers physically tried to restrain him, and a struggle ensued as they attempted to place him under arrest.

Officials said the investigation currently shows that one gunshot was fired by Belsar during the struggle. The gunshot hit both troopers.

Belsar was pronounced dead at the scene and died as a result of sustaining multiple gunshot wounds, which officials said were fired by troopers.